1. That quote is a tad over 7 years old. Does PG still feel that way?
2. Smart people occasionally say dumb things. This may be a case in point.
The way HN makes articles very hard to read when they have only a handful of net negative down votes, whereas a handful of net up votes just moves the article up on the page, indicates that they are not functionally the opposite of each other. A down vote de facto means that you believe that people should not see the comment.
2. Smart people occasionally say dumb things. This may be a case in point.
The way HN makes articles very hard to read when they have only a handful of net negative down votes, whereas a handful of net up votes just moves the article up on the page, indicates that they are not functionally the opposite of each other. A down vote de facto means that you believe that people should not see the comment.